Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke
Synonyms: Agaricus nudus
Agaricus nudus var. majus
Lepista nuda f. gracilis
Lepista nuda var. pruinosa
Tricholoma nudum
Tricholoma nudum var. lilaceum
Common Name: Wood Blewit
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Lepista nudaPhotographer: © Peter Lyons
Photographer: © Peter Lyons

Photographer: © Peter Lyons
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (10)
Quercus (10)
Corylus avellana (3)
Poa (3)
Larix (2)
Pinus (2)
Pteridium aquilinum (2)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (1)
Hornbeam (1)
Picea abies (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Urtica dioica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (19)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (18)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (14)
Woodland: mixed (12)
Parkland and scattered trees (7)
Acid grassland (6)
Built up area, domestic (6)
Sand-dune (5)
Coastland: grey dunes (4)
Sand-dune: dune slack (4)
Scrub (4)
Woodland (4)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (4)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (3)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Acid grassland: unimproved (2)
Built-up areas (2)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (2)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Poor semi-improved (2)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (2)
Small parks and city squares (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (1)
Other habitat (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous (1)
Scrub: scattered (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (50)
Soil Grassy (42)
Soil Leaves (20)
Soil Mossy (8)
Soil Needle (3)
Dead Wood (2)
Branch (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Grass Cuttings (1)
Litter (1)
Soil sandy (1)
Stony (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
May (2)
August (1)
September (9)
October (80)
November (109)
December (10)